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THE NATIONAL INTEREST MICHAEL TOMASKY
Welfare Roles
Welfare reform chopped a key plank from the GOP platform and put Democrats on
equal footing in the debate over spending vs. tax cuts for the first time in a generation.
OULD IT REALLY BE-THE 1996
Borosage, I'm certain, would very much
South will no longer be solidly Republi-
C
welfare bill hasn't produced
like it noted that he thinks the bill was
can. Clinton carried five southern states
cataclysm? This is the find-
an outrage, and praising anything ema-
in 1992. By 1996, after the GOP tri-
ing of no less an authority
nating from it didn't come easily to him.
umph of 1994 and the 200 or more
than the Urban Institute, the
But the point is irrefutable. Look at
state and local officials (many of them
Washington-based officially
the recent tax-cut debate. House major-
southern) who changed their party affil-
nonpartisan (but basically
ity leader Dick Armey insists that Amer-
iation from Democratic to Republican,
kinda liberal) think tank.
icans will rally to his side en masse over
Clinton was in danger of doing worse
The report found that most mothers
the next month and demand passage of
there. But he won five states again. He
who've left the rolls since the act was
the GOP tax package with the fervor of
did SO mainly because Bob Dole was
passed are working, and they're working,
les citoyens storming the Bastille. He
weak and the economy was strong, but
on average, for an hourly wage of $6.61,
may know something we don't, but it
I suspect that if Clinton had vetoed the
which for the period studied was higher
sure seems unlikely. A majority of
welfare bill, the Dole campaign would
than the minimum wage by almost
have pounded him on it and he'd
$2. President Clinton pounced on
have lost two or three of those
the report's release to make the
states. American politics' most
obligatory appearance with former
poisonous regional divide-the
welfare recipients in Chicago and
South went and stayed Republican
declare the law a triumph.
over race, and welfare is at bottom
Substantively, it's still too early
about race-has narrowed consid-
to say that. The report also details
erably. One doubts George W.
the various problems former re-
Bush, a son of the South, would be
cipients face and suggests that
using "compassionate conser-
nearly a quarter of the people
vatism" as his mantra if this wheel
who've moved off the rolls since
hadn't been set a-spin, and the wel-
the bill became law have, as the
fare bill is a large part of what did it.
phrase goes, fallen through the
Welfare reform, in other words,
cracks. The bill was merely the
has put the GOP on the defensive.
first stage of a gut renovation of
"The burden shifts to the Republi-
federal policy on poverty that
cans," says George Stephanopou-
won't be finished for years.
los, who was against Clinton's sign-
The political ramifications of the
ing the bill at the time, "to say what
bill, though, are clear enough:
Democrats seem Republicanish (kill welfare), Republicans sort
they are going to do for the poor."
Welfare reform has been bad news
of Democratic (kinder, gentler, compassionate conservatism).
It's simple: There was no public
for Republicans and good news for
support for spending more money
Democrats. This may sound odd, since
Americans recognizes that the choice
on welfare, small though the amount al-
the bill sprang up from the wells of the
here is really between a tax cut that, to
ways was in reality. But there is public
conservative think tanks in the first
most people, won't amount to much ac-
support for helping people who are try-
place and since most Democrats had
tual cash, and investing in Social Secu-
ing to work. So providing health care
seizures when Clinton announced he
rity and Medicare-the historic and
and child care for poor people, and
was signing it. But there's no question
still-popular entitlement programs that
transportation subsidies for people who
that (1) the bill has taken a huge club
most people insist the government
have to make long commutes to their
out of the hands of the right, and
spend money on. This means that gov-
jobs, as poor people often do, now has a
(2)-and this is the really interesting
ernment spending, all of a sudden, is a
political life that it just didn't have be-
part-it's started moving the debate
good thing, which means in turn that
fore. Borosage: "We have a much strong-
about poverty in America to a place
the right can no longer carry on about
er argument about poor people on child-
where the Democrats. who've been los-
the guv'ment taking your hard-earned
care and living-wage agreements and
ing that argument for the better part of
money and throwing it at people who
things like that than we did on welfare
30 years, can now actually win it.
don't work. That has been, at least since
payments."
"There's no question that it's taken an
Ronald Reagan's time, probably the
Specific legislation toward those ends
easy applause line away from the Re-
most effective rhetorical anti-tax missile
hasn't made much progress yet. It's com-
publicans," says Robert Borosage of the
in the GOP silo. It has been disarmed.
ing-Clinton's announcement two Satur-
Campaign for America's Future, a lead-
We still haven't seen all the ramifica-
days ago that he'll press governors to get
ing liberal policy group in Washington.
tions of this, but to name one: The
more poor children enrolled in health-
18
NEW YORK AUGUST 23, 1999
Illustration by Scon Menchin.
care programs is an example-but it will
be a fight: round two of welfare reform.
if you will. Ed Kilgore of the centrist
Democratic Leadership Council argues
that even though the 1996 bill represent-
ed a centrist consensus. the coming wel-
fare debates will be intense. "I think a
partisan divide is opening back up on it,"
he says. "because now that welfare is
gone. the debate is about the overall eco-
nomic status of poor people. And that's a
pretty sharp partisan difference."
Kilgore points to an effort by Minneso-
ta's Paul Wellstone-when the DLC is
pumping Wellstone, you know the Dem-
ocrats are feeling pretty flush—to pass
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EDITORIAL
BY DAVID GERGEN
To have and have less
Don't look now, but the gap between rich and poor is widening
hen Bill Clinton recently visited "pockets"
anarchy in Africa as well as Russia.
W
of poverty in America, the surprise was not
Since Clinton came into office, the budget for foreign
that a Democratic president was focusing on
aid has been slashed-with more cuts in the offing. AID
people left behind in good times. It came in-
staff has been pared by a third. Atwood says the admin-
stead from two of his men who had tart words for their
istration let itself be "pushed around" by Republicans.
old boss. Their message deserves a broad audience.
"We rationalized that the developing world wanted 'trade,
In the New York Times, Peter Edelman pointed out
not aid.' Yet as time went on we saw virtually no in-
that despite the economic boom, poverty rates have
crease of trade with the poorest nations. These nations
dropped only a smidgen and the number of people liv-
simply could not afford to buy anything."
ing in extreme circumstances-less than $6,750 a year
Since Atwood's resignation, the United Nations has is-
for a family of three-has actually
sued a stinging report supporting his
increased from 13.9 million in 1995
charges. It says that even as corpo-
to 14.6 million in 1997. One in every
Those on top now are
rate executives, scientists, enter-
5 youngsters is still poor, compared
tainers, and others are now forming
with 1 in 7 in the 1970s.
Both he and his wife, Marian
thising faster and faster
a "global professional elite," in-
equality is rapidly increasing within
Wright Edelman, were strong sup-
while-many below are
many countries. The United States,
porters of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
the United Kingdom, Eastern Eu-
Peter Edelman later joined the ad-
struggling and some
rope, and China are prime examples.
ministration, hoping it would trans-
According to the United Nations, the
form the social landscape; he re-
are falling into a pit.
income gap between the top and bot-
signed in frustration after Clinton
tom fifth of the world's population
signed the welfare reform bill of
has more than doubled since 1960.
1996.
It's too late for Bill Clinton to do
Now, Edelman says, the president cannot admit the true
much anymore. But Edelman and Atwood will still
extent of hardship "because he has a vested interest in the
have performed a large service if their words spark a
notion that welfare reform has been a success." It has
national conversation about the kind of country and world
in fact cut welfare rolls by 40 percent, but those who
we want to live in during the coming century.
left welfare are, in Edelman's words, "on balance, worse
Since the Reagan revolution began 20 years ago, Amer-
off." A third to a half of them, depending on the state,
ica has created an extraordinary "new economy" that is
haven't found jobs. Many others who have are still poor,
yielding benefits beyond the imagination of even Bill Gates.
their pay low, their benefits cut.
An efficient market, however, does not ensure an equi-
Edelman is far from alone among disgruntled alumni
table society. Those on top are now rising at accelerat-
of the administration. Earlier this month, when he re-
ing speeds while below them many are struggling and
signed after six years as director of the Agency for In-
some at the bottom are falling even deeper in a pit.
ternational Development, the government's principal dis-
The industrial revolution opened similar gaps in the
pensary of foreign assistance, J. Brian Atwood rebuked
late 19th century. America responded with a progres-
the White House as well as the Republican Congress
sive movement-led by a Republican, Teddy Roosevelt,
for their complacency toward people left behind in
other lands.
and a Democrat, Woodrow Wilson-that gave a work-
ing family a better shot in life. They saw that basic moral-
Just as in the United States itself, the world is ex-
ity as well as political necessity demanded a better way.
periencing a "growing gap between the rich and poor,
Where now is the Teddy Roosevelt of the information
and that is a poisonous mix. That is going to create a
revolution? Where now are the progressives? Those are the
crisis in the future," Atwood said, warning of potential
real questions that Edelman and Atwood are posing.
64
U.S.NEWS & WORLD REPORT, JULY 26, 1999
The New York Times
Late Edition
New York: Today, warm with less
humidity, high 85. Tonight, breezy and
cooler, low 60. Tomorrow, partial sun
and cool, high 69. Yesterday, high 87;
low 70. Weather map is on page 43,
NEW YORK, SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1999
$3 beyond the greater New York metropolitan area.
$2.50
Copyright © 1999 The New York Times
Leftover Money for Welfare
Baffles, or Inspires, States
Fewer People on Rolls
but Many Dollars
Going Unspent
PRESERVATION
PHOTOCOPY
Battles, or Inspires, States
Fewer People on Rolls
Welfare cases have plunged
while Federal financing stayed
but Many Dollars
fixed, leaving the states with a
Going Unspent
large amount of Federal welfare
money unspent.
5.0
By JASON DePARLE
million
$34.4 billion
cases
given to states
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 - Critics
from 1997
of the watershed welfare law of 1996
to 1999
forecast any number of problems,
3.1
from starving children to dwindling
million
$7.4
benefits to Depression-era soup
billion
lines. But virtually no one imagined
unspent
the strange new condition startling
the experts coast to coast: states
$27.0
have more Federal money, literally,
billion
than they know now to spend.
spent
That is because the welfare rolls
1994
1998
have dropped significantly while
Federal financing remains, by law,
Source. New York Times analysis of data from the
fixed at historic highs.
Department of Health and Human Services
Consider Wisconsin's version of
The New York Times
the new welfare math. Five years
ago, the state received about $317
million from the Federal Govern-
LIFE AFTER WELFARE
ment, or $4,100 for each family on the
rolls. Last year, the state still got
Spending the Savings
$317 million, even though its rolls had
fallen by more than 80 percent. That
dollars."
pushed the Federal aid to nearly
This flood of Federal dollars has
$22,000 per case, and with the rolls
created a rare, perhaps even unprec-
still shrinking this year it may grow
edented, moment of opportunity in
to $35,000, a bit more than the cost of
programs for the poor. And it is
a year at Harvard.
almost wholly an unintended one - a
Awash in Federal dollars, the state
rich new financing stream for anti-
has raised its welfare benefits 20
poverty efforts created by the most
percent, created thousands of subsi-
conservative Congress in a genera-
dized jobs and offered poor women
tion.
door-to-door rides to mandatory mo-
Seeking to revamp welfare and
tivation classes. It has also used the
restrain its costs, a newly Republi-
money to bring new support to needy
can House and Senate reached a
families outside the welfare rolls, as
grand bargain three years-ago with
the Federal law permits - offering
the nation's governors. The states
them child care, car loans, counsel-
got new flexibility to run welfare
ors and annual cash bonuses of up to
programs as they choose. In ex-
$1,600.
change, they accepted five years of
Still, it had enough Federal anti-
flat Federal financing. In the phrase
poverty money left over to shift more
of the time, the governors, predomi-
than $100 million, through some cre-
nantly Republicans themselves,
ative accounting, into a tax cut for
promised to do more with less.
the decidedly nonpoor.
Instead they wound up with more
By contrast, Idaho and Wyoming
- much more, on a per-case basis -
have let their millions gather dust as
than anyone predicted as a combina-
their safety nets for the poor con-
tion of a strong economy and tough
tract. Mississippi and Texas made
new rules have pushed welfare rolls
modest increases in their notoriously
to stunning lows. Last year alone,
low benefits.
Federal payments to the states were
New York is increasing the wage
$6 billion higher than they would
supplements It offers low-wage
have been under the old law, when
workers. But it has also ased $1
falling caseloads meant smaller sub-
billion of its Federal welfare money
sidies. Now in another twist, there is
simply to sustain existing programs
an intramural Republican dispute
it once financed itself, a trade that
between Congressional leaders who
frees state and local dollars but of-
want to reduce the windfall and con-
fers no new services to the poor.
servative governors who, protecting
While many states have pursued
their budgets, find themselves in the
similar budgetary swaps, few have
unusual posture of championing wel-
done so as brazenly as Minnesota,
fare money.
where Gov. Jesse Ventura of the
On the ground, the new financing is
Reform Party drew arrows in his
altering the anti-poverty landscape
budget and spelled out the goal: "Re-
place state spending with Federal
Continued on Page 30
THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1999
States Face Decisions on Leftover Welfare Money as Rolls Decline
Continued From Page 1
in surprising ways. It has created the poten-
A Dramatic Drop in Caseloads
Left States With Money Unspent
DEL
tial for new services in pockets of poverty
Simply
long starved for cash and helped Florida
Percentage
Percentage
find a prominent new place among the na-
decrease in
of Federal
WASH
tion's innovators. It has left a startling
the number of
NH
WASH
N.H.
MONE
NO
VT.-
money given
MINN.
NO
VT
ME
financial imbalance across the Wisconsin-
welfare cases
ORE
from 1997 to
MINN
ORE
Illinois border, where welfare disputes have
in each state
IDAHO
so
WIS
N.Y.
MASS
1999 for wel-
IDAHO
WIS
long raged. It has defined a new Western
R.I.
N.Y.
MASS
from 1994 to
WYO
fare programs
WYO.
MICHI
Mountain regionalism, from Idaho to New
1998.
CWA
CONN
NEV
NEB
that has not
NEB
IOWA
CONN
N.J.
PA
Mexico, where Federal financing has
NEV.
OHIO
NJ
F
DEL
UTAH
been spent.
ILL
ND.
DEL
brought new bounty but state services are
COLO,
MD.
UTAH
COLO
MD
KAN
notably few.
MO
KAN
BY
MO.
VA.
CALIF
CALIF
KY.
With vast new freedom to use the money
15%-29%
NC
All spent
N.C.
OKLA
they see fit, states can intensify services
ARK
OKLA
TENN
MAC
S.C.
ARIZ.
ARK
NM
those left on welfare or extend a new
30%-49%
MISS
ALA
a
1%-19%
hand to the working poor, buy drug treat-
ALA
GA
TEX
ment in the inner city or build bus lines to
50%-69%
TEX.
20%-39%
job-rich suburbs. But much of this opportu-
no:nity is passing by unseized, according to an
70% or more
40%-59%
analysis of state spending records conduct-
ALASKA
HAWAII
ALASKA
HAWAII
by The New York Times. While some of
60% or more
the windfall has brought some new services,
emat times in the innovative ways predicted by
the proponents of state control, nearly a
Federal financing for welfare programs from 1997 to 1999 Dollar amounts in millions
calquarter of the Federal money awarded to
TOTAL
AMOUNT
PERCENTAGE
TOTAL
AMOUNT
PERCENTAGE
Street
TOTAL
AMOUNT
PERCENTAGE
date remains unspent.
GIVEN
UNSPENT
UNSPENT
GIVEN
UNSPENT
UNSPENT
GIVEN
UNSPENT
UNSPENT
That leaves a pool of idle anti-poverty
Wyoming
$
42
$ 38
91%
South Dakota
$
46
$
14
31%
money totaling more than $7 billion, a figure
Georgia
$ 682
$ 93
14%
753-0111
Idaho
57
43
76
Florida
1,291
375
29
Rhode Island
164
19
12
that current trends would push to $22 billion
Arkansas
106
48
45
Alabama
228
66
29
Vermont
107
11
10
-0840
by 2002 when the welfare law expires. And
Indiana
465
208
45
308
Texas
1,147
326
28
Utah
177
18
10
billions more of the Federal grants have
Wisconsin
793
349
44
merely replaced state spending, bringing no
Colorado
215
53
25
New Hampshire
87
9
10
Ohio
566
648
41
new benefits or services to the poor.
Pennsylvania
1,318
302
23
Virginia
296
29
10
Mississippi
99
78
39
Dist. of Columbia
177
40
22
Of course, progress against poverty can-
Michigan
1,745
167
10
Montana
93
35
38
South Carolina
219
48
22
Massachusetts
not be measured solely by the number of
1,034
75
7
Federal dollars spent. Some states have
Louisiana
324
122
38
Washington
794
171
21
Missouri
459
29
6
SDAY
deliberately created reserves, exercising
Kansas
306
113
37
California
7,812
1,673
21
Hawaii
152
6
4
what they say is appropriate caution in case
Oklahoma
332
121
36
Arizona
507
93
18
Illinois
865
0
0
of economic downturns; others have squan-
Tennessee
491
169
34
lowa
268
49
18
Connecticut
590
0
0
dered new opportunities through inertia and
Minnesota
447
151
34
North Dakota
43
8
18
Maine
165
0
0
political infighting. Many say the unspent
Maryland
469
158
34
North Carolina
617
104
17
Nevada
90
0
0
money is not as idle as it looks, arguing that
New Jersey
751
242
32
New York
5,036
762
15
Delaware
55
0
0
large portions have been earmarked for
West Virginia
220
69
31
Kentucky
391
55
14
programs still being developed. Still, the
New Mexico
214
67
31
Alaska
99
14
14
magnitude of the surpluses is commanding
Oregon
502
156
31
Nebraska
122
17
14
U.S.TOTAL
$34,374
$7,414
22%
increased attention.
The Times analysis is based on the quar-
Source: New York Times analysis of data from the Department of Health and Human Services
terly financial reports each state must file
with the Federal Department of Health and
Human Services, interviews with state offi-
The New York Times
cials and an in-depth look at three states
with markedly different experiences. The
new services in some of the nation's poorest
bers of Congress argue that states now have
often broadening eligibility to all low-in-
went behind closed doors and divided the
431.4°
financial reports, the most recent available,
regions. In Mississippi, the nation's second-
more money than they need, and they are
come families. Florida has gone even fur-
money in a deal that delighted them both.
a
cover state spending through the end of last
poorest state, the Federal payment per fam-
talking of reducing the grants. Speaker J.
ther, adding $66 million in other services for
Ms. Moore got nearly $100 million over the
year.
ily rose 158 percent. In Louisiana, the third-
Dennis Hastert made a brief pass at cutting
families not on welfare, including drug and
next two years for new benefits and services
his
you
The analysis yielded four significant find-
poorest state, the payment rose 86 percent.
the program during Congressional budget
mental health treatment. "It's a new way of
for the poor.
ings:
qWhile every state's Federal subsidy per
deliberations last month.
thinking about welfare getting into more
Mr. Gard got just over $100 million for a
4On average, the Federal Government
family has grown, the politically volatile
In response, a coalition of unlikely part-
of a preventive mode," said Don Winstead,
cut in property taxes.
Have
awards states 64 percent more per
disparities between the states have grown
ners has emerged, serenading the gover-
the state's director of welfare reform.
The agencies that run the largely priva-
family than it did five years ago, before the
as well. That raises the potential that bitter
nors (31 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 inde-
poor
While expanding services, Florida now
tized program got nearly $65 million in prof-
the
new law took effect. In 1994, the average
new fights will erupt in 2002, when the
pendent and Mr. Ventura) with a use-it,
spends only 30 percent of its welfare money
it. And still there was enough left over to
%
Federal subsidy per family was about $3,200
current financing formula expires.
don't-lose-it refrain. That group includes
on monthly grants to the poor, and it has not
want
1841
keep nearly $100 million in reserve.
year. Last year, with the same amount of
In 1994, the states with the largest subsi-
liberal advocates with long wish lists of
raised the payment, $303 for a family of
"It was a love fest," Ms. Moore said.
ms
an
money but far fewer people on the rolls, the
dies, New York and Alaska, received about
programs for the poor, Clinton Administra-
three, in seven years. Nationally the aver-
$5,000 per case, while the state with the
Oddly enough, the program generating
1,1101
average subsidy rose to nearly $5,300 a
tion officials, from the President on down,
age welfare grant for a mother with two
these surpluses, Wisconsin Works, or W-2, is
year. While the money can be spent on any
smallest subsidy, Mississippi, received
who want to protect domestic spending, and
children has risen by about 5 percent since
needy family - not just those on welfare -
about $1,460. That is a ratio of just over 3 to
known for its willingness to spend. Virtually
some of the Congressional Republicans who
1995, to $408 a month, about a third of the
1.
everyone receiving cash assistance is re-
the magnitude of the increase is a measure
wrote the 1996 law and are eager to see it
amount the Federal Government says a
Federal financing at the time depended in
quired to work. But the state has expanded
of the new opportunity states have to ex-
produce tangible benefits.
family needs to escape poverty.
pand anti-poverty programs.
large part on how much of its own money
job-placement services, hired new counsel-
"The time is rapidly approaching where it
While states promised to do more with
each state spent on welfare.
ors, offered guarantees of child care, created
In 12 states, the Federal payment per
will not be possible to protect these funds,"
less, some are doing less with more.
Now with each state's rolls declining at a
thousands of community service jobs and
case more than doubled. Six of those states
wrote Representative Nancy L. Johnson,
Six states have cut grants, including Ida-
are in the South, creating the potential as
different pace, the historic differences built
raised benefits to $673 a month, higher than
Republican of Connecticut, in a March letter
ho, which now offers an average payment of
into current arrangements have been am-
anyplace outside Alaska or Hawaii,
yet little-realized - to significantly expand
to all 50 governors. "Spend the money.
$3,300 a year. Meanwhile, its Federal subsi-
plified. By last year the state with the high-
per
risen
accordingly,
last year's figures are the
dy per case soared to more than $17,000 last
est subsidy, Wisconsin, received $21,600 per
about $21,000 family last year, from $7,000
recent available, some say spend-
year, and more than three-quarters of its
in 1996.
case
ing has risen recent months as states
money remained unspent.
That is more than six times the amount
Wisconsin has also increased its spending
The New Welfare Math
have grasped the size of the and
reside
50
different
on other needy families, to them for
out tar lewer people on rolls, the
101 Live poor, Cunton Auministra
in seven years. Nationally the
verage subsidy rose to nearly $5,300 a
$5,000 per case, while the state with
enough, the program general
tion fficials, from the President on down,
age welfare grant for a mother with two
these surpluses, Wisconsin Works
W-2,
is
ear While the money can be spent on any
smallest subsidy, Mississippi, received
who want protect domestic spending, and
children has risen by about 5 percent since
known for its willingness to spend Virtually
eedy family just those on welfare
about That is a ratio of just 3 to
some of the Congressional Republicans who
1995, to $408 a month about a third of the
everyone receiving cash assistance is re-
he magnitude of increase is a measure
1.
wrote the 1996 law and are eager to see it
amount the Federal Government says a
quired to work. But the state has expanded
if the new opportunity states have to ex-
Federal financing the time depended in
produce tangible benefits
family needs to escape poverty.
job-placement services, hired new counsel-
and anti-poyerty programs
large part on how much of its own money
"The time is capidly approaching where it
While states promised to do more with
ors, offered guarantees of created
In 12 states, the Federal payment per
each state spent on welfare
will not be possible to protect these funds,"
less, some are doing less with more.
thousands of community service jobs and
ase more than doubled. Six of these states
Now with each state's rolls declining at a
wrote Representative Nancy L. Johnson,
Six states have cut grants, including Na-
re the South, creating the potentia as
different pace, the historic differences built
raised benefits to $673 a month, higher than
Republican of Connecticut, in a March letter)
ho, which now offers an average payment
little-realized - to significantly expand
into current arrangements have been am-
anyplace outside Alaska or Hawaii
all 50 governors "Spend the money.
$3,300 a year Meanwhile, its Federal subsi-
plified By last year the state with the high
Costs per case have risen accordingly, to
While last year's figures are the most
dy per case soared to more than $17,000 last
est subsidy, Wisconsin, received $21,600 per
about $21,000 a family last year, from $7,000
recent available, some analysts say spend-
year and more than three-quarters of its
1996.
case
ing has risen in recent months as states
money remained unspent
The New Welfare Math
That is more than six times the amount
Wisconsin has also increased its spending
have grasped the size of the surpluses and
In 50 state budgets reside 50 different
the Government sends to its neighbor, Illi-
on other needy families, to reward them for
nots, which received the lowest payment,
the range of programs they can create.
stories. The bold spending in Wisconsin, the
staying off the rolls. It has doubled the size of
hough the welfare rolls are plunging Fed-
"States are recognizing there's money there
paralysis in New Mexico, and the deal-
$3,400 a month.
its child care program, in part by tapping its
val grants to states remain fixed at historic
Fights over financing stalled Congres-
and they can do things they never imagined
making in Texas offer a representative
welfare money. And using other poois of
ghs As a result. every state has more
before," said Jack Tweedie, a welfare spe-
three.
sional action for months in the last welfare
state and Federal money, it offers low-wage
oney per family than it did in 1994 The
cialist at the National Conference of State
debate.
workers subsidized health care and annual
rates can spend the money on welfare
Legislatures.
Much of the windfall has failed to trans-
Wisconsin
wage supplements.
acipients or on other low-income families
late into new benefits or services for the
But paradoxically, the exhortations to
"I've told Congress, and I've told taxpay-
spend have made some state officials even
needy Though Federal subsidies for each
A Windfall Provides
ers, you can't do this cheaply," said Tommy
1998 FEDERAL
PCT
family have risen by 64 percent, the rise in
more reluctant to create new programs, for
G. Thompson, the state's four-term Republi-
FINANCING PER
actual spending has been much more mod-
fear they will be left to finance them alone.
INCREASE
Something for All
can Governor, whose support for spending
WELFARE CASE
FROM 1994
est - just 28 percent, when total spending is
"Everybody's afraid the money will be
has often raised eyebrows among his Repub-
$21,674
divided by the caseload.
taken away," said State Representative
Visconsin
428%
lican colleagues. "You have to spend more in
jaho
17,624
380
That is because significant Federal sums
Garnet Coleman of Texas, a Democrat from
No one would accuse Wisconsin of ending
the beginning to save on the back end."
Vyoming
17,272
385
are going unspent, and others are being
Houston who sits on the appropriations com-
welfare on the cheap. But even the state's
But even Mr. Thompson has been sur-
oregon
8.826
122
used merely to replace previous state
mittee. "We didn't want to fund things
famously expensive program finished last
prised by the caseload declines; when forced
orth Dakota
8,061
79
spending. With Federal financing fixed,
where we'd have to cut off individuals when
year with an eye-popping surplus - nearly
to work for welfare, most recipients have
can
7.329
states cut their own spending last year by 21
we ran out of surplus."
$350 million in unspent Federal money.
chosen to fend for themselves. By the end of
70
ansas
116
percent, or nearly $3 billion.
When states do spend, they are much
7,326
The moral of the story that followed is that
last year, the state had spent only 56 percent
lew York
7,252
Examine the math in Pennsylvania Last
more likely to expand services - like job
46
surpluses can make strange bedfellows. In-
of the Federal money awarded to date.
year, the state received $257 million more
placement or especially child care than to
side the Legislature, the program's harshest
Among those most alarmed by the falling
lassachusetts
6,917
68
than it would have under the old system. But
raise cash benefits. Many states have dou-
critic, State Senator Gwen Moore, and one of
rolls is Ms. Moore, a Milwaukee Democrat
iolorado
6.574
101
ermont
It left $158 million of the Federal money
bled or even tripled spending on child care,
its authors, State Representative John Gard,
who represents many former recipients and
6,429
37
lontana
6.415
77
unspent, and It reduced its own welfare
spending by $109 million The state's Fed-
Jaska
6,393
28
eral subsidy per family rose 56 percent. But
vest Virginia
6.350
135
its actual spending, when divided by its
Mohigan
6,268
83
lew Hampshire
6,129
caseload, rose much more modestly, by 23
Surplus Puts New York at Center of a Debate
83
percent.
kiahoma
6,126
98
The states slowest to spend the anti-
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
was enacted in 1996 By the end of last
other important goals: providing addi-
ISW Mexico
6,054
67
poverty dollars include some of the needi-
(awaii
5,807
29
ALBANY, Aug. 28 - With New York's
year, it had $242 million left in Federal
tional money to local governments so that
est. By the end of last year, New Mexico, the
connecticut
5.654
25
public-assistance rolls at their lowest in
account, or roughly 32 percent of its total
they can reduce the amount they spend on
poorest state, had spent just 69 percent of
more than a generation, the state has built
grant. But state officials there say they
services to the poor, and establishing a
wizona
5,637
85
the money awarded to date. Mississippi and
up a $762 million surplus in Federal wel-
have plans to spend the entire reserve on
reserve fund to increase benefits during
outh Dakota
5.535
75
Louisiana, the next two poorest, spent 61
fare money over the last three years,
various programs for the poor, such as
and an economic downturn.
linnesota
5,530
30
percent and 63 percent, respectively.
spurring a fierce debate over how best to
expanding child-care for low-income
ennsylvania
5,330
Eastland On average, by the end of last year, states
"It's a prudent use of the money," said
spend it.
workers.
had spent 78 percent of the $34 billion
John Madden, a spokesman for the state's
I.S. AVERAGE
5,285
64
The administration of Gov. George E.
In Connecticut, state officials have
alifornia
31
awarded since the new law took hold. Wyo-
Office of Temporary and Disability As-
5,279
Pataki is determined to set aside some of
spent all $590 million they have received
wa
ming and Idaho are, by far, the most reluc-
sistance. As it is, he added, "New York
5,226
57
tant to use the Federal money, spending 9
the money in a reserve fund to provide a
since 1996, making the state one of just
diana
5,212
86
five that have used all their Federal mon-
State spends more than $6 million a day
percent and 24 percent, respectively.
cushion for the next economic downturn,
Veshington
5,200
32
when the welfare rolls will most likely
ey. The other four are Illinois, Nevada,
on services for people on public assist-
Nineteen states had accumulated more
ance."
orida
5.190
128
grow again. But advocates for the poor
Delaware and Maine.
TWO
5,189
78
than $100 million in unspent anti-poverty
55
money. They include Texas ($326 million),
say that money should be spent on
New York has spent 85 percent of the
But advocates for the poor say the state
laine
5,096
job training, transportation, child care
welfare money it has received since 1996,
is squandering an opportunity to invest in
Tennessee ($169 million) and Louisiana
lew Jersey
4,946
50
($122 million) - all home to infamous
other programs that would help make
but $762 million remained in its Federal
programs aimed at helping recipients en-
hode island
4.942
20
the transition from welfare to work per-
account at the end of 1998 New York
ter the work force. They say that such
stretches of entrenched poverty.
aryland
4,817
71
At most these ledgers can offer a limited
manent for recipients.
officials point out that about $260 million
investments are particularly important
SL of Columbia
4,355
28
look at the poor. They measure what states
The surplus is largely the result of
of that reserve has been earmarked for
now that the state and Federal govern-
leorgia
4,344
89
are spending not what states are spend-
widespread changes that the Federal
new programs like an expansion of child-
ments have set strict limits on the amount
lebraska
4,339
30
ing on or whether their spending is effective.
Government made to its welfare program
care subsidies for the poor.
of time people are allowed to receive cash
Like other states, New York contends
avada
4,322
65
They make no distinction between the $14
in 1996. Under those changes, the Govern-
assistance under the welfare program.
alaware
-4,267
52
million Mississippi spent to raise welfare
ment stopped paying states according to
that the number of people on welfare had
Anne Erickson, the legislative coordina-
kansas
4.206
95
payments and the $35 million it spent on new
the number of welfare recipients they
dropped much faster than it expected,
tor for the Greater Upstate Law project,
79
computers for state officials. (The Missis-
have on their rolls. Rather, the Govern-
making it difficult for the state to use all
orth Carolina
4,073
an advocacy group for the poor, was
labama
4,034
118
sippi benefit now $170 a month for
ment now gives states an annual alloca-
the Federal money it was entitled to. That
pleased that the state had made some
outh Carolina
3,952
109
family of three, a raise of $50.)
tion based on previous years when their
said, state social service officials point out
investments in expanding child care and
assissippi
158
No one knows whether new spending will
welfare caseloads were high and before
that the state continues to make large
3,764
tax credits for the poor. But, she says, she
iginia
reduce poverty, as advocates hope, or in-
a*booming economy and stiffer eligibility
investments in anti-poverty programs.
3,705
75
issour
crease waste and dependency, as critics of
requirements pushed hundreds of thou-
Indeed, the budget that was recently
is troubled that the state is using much of
3,613
53
social spending fear. And if states have
sands off the rolls.
approved by Governor Pataki and the
its money about $1 billion by the state's
buisiana
3,508
66
more money per case, that is only because
The new welfare law allows states to
Legislature includes a $125 million expan-
estimates - to help counties reduce the
entucky
3,444
59
the caseloads keep shrinking - that is the
carry over the unspent portion of their
sion of a tax credit for 1.1 million low-
amount they spend on poverty programs.
innessee
3,440
99
central development of the new welfare age,
grant from one year to another. But unlike
wage workers. The budget also nearly
"These funds were intended to help the
*xas
3.436
112
and It can signal either new progress (for
New York, other states in the metropoli-
doubled the amount that the state spends
poor make a solid transition to employ-
nois
3,423
47
those with jobs) or new distress (for those
tan region have either spent all their
to subsidize child care for low-income
ment," Ms. Erickson said. "By investing
merely dropped from the rolls).
Federal welfare money or say they plan
working parents, to $839 million this year
it in fiscal relief for local governments,
Lice New York Times analysis of class from the
As of March, the nation's welfare rolls
to do so.
from $460 million last year.
the state is clearly missing an opportunity
/Dentment of Health and Human Services
had dropped 47 percent from the 1994 peak,
New Jersey, for example, has received
But at the same time, officials say, the
to make long-term improvements in the
and in six states they dropped more than 70
$751 million since the new welfare law
state has been able to accomplish two
lives of poor people."
The New York Times
percent. Eyeing such numbers, some mem-
NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 1999
L
3
dissuade new applicants from coming on tl
rolls. Would-be welfare recipients must fir
attend an orientation talk - often requiring
second trip to another office - before the
can get benefits.
The state actually has more families see
ing aid each month than it had four yea
ago. But with welfare harder to get a:
harder to keep, the rolls have fallen 60 pe
cent.
For State Representative Rob Junell, tl
chairman of the House appropriations cor
mittee, that has created the kind of proble
an appropriator loves to mull: a projecte
two-year welfare surplus of nearly $600 m
lion. Huddling with his committee, Mr. Ju
ell, a Democrat, spent the spring devising
something-for-everyone plan.
About 40 percent of the money went
social programs previously financed wit
state dollars. (Some of the freed-up sta
money was then reinvested in health pr
grams.) Another 20 percent got placed
reserve, in case of an economic downtur
That left about 40 percent - or $200 millic
- for new benefits and services.
Some were of the kind that many state
have emphasized - more child care (Texa
has nearly doubled the number of childre
getting subsidies) and counseling for esp
cially troubled families. But the package als
contained a surprise: $62 million, over tw
years, to finance the state's first increase
monthly benefits in 16 years.
To be sure, it was a modest one. Th
Legislature raised the monthly benefits of
mother and two children to $201, from $18
That is lower than any state but Alabam
($164), Mississippi ($170), Tennessee ($185
Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
or Louisiana ($190). Texas also added a
orks program, Tanya Moore found a part-time job and got day care for her daughter, Michaela, 1.
annual back-to-school payment of $60 fo
every welfare child.
mine their
Though the Legislature set aside $4.5 mil-
serves as the president pro tem. "I don't
Small as the raise in benefits was, M
lion to subsidize employers who hire recipi-
think we've done a very responsible job."
Junell said, it survived only by avoidin
sued, argu-
ents, the department has scarcely tapped the
publicity in an anti-welfare state. "It wa
eir vote to
fund, creating just eight jobs. And it has yet
very quiet, which is how I like it," he said.
Supreme
to extend its job-placement services to the
Texas
A windfall for the state, a modest expar
ion, order-
poor not on welfare, as the Legislature di-
sion of aid to the poor the Texas exper
d the pro-
rected a year and a half ago.
heir order,
Modest Programs
ence seems a telling example of the cour
Alex Valdez, the department's new secre-
try's experience as a whole.
later and
tary-designate, said the idea remained under
In Poverty Aid
Patrick Bresette, associate director of th
consideration. "That has not been imple-
Center for Public Policy Priorities, an Austi:
n. But the
mented yet," he said, declining further expla-
research and advocacy group, contends tha
f and sur-
nation. "That's as far as I can go."
Welfare has not grabbed the headlines in
the state has missed a historic opportunity
uch of the
The state did use its Federal money to
Texas that it has in other states. Though Gov.
"I do want to give them credit for some of th
y employ-
expand its subsidized child care program,
George W. Bush broadcasts his identity as a
things they did," he said. "But they had th
net in the
raising the number of children covered to
"compassionate conservative," he has left
chance to dramatically fix things for low
nor's help,
20,000, from 7,000 just two years ago.
less personal imprint on his program than
income families, including working families
But by last spring, the department was
many other governors have left on theirs.
In a state with as much poverty as Texas, W/
ervices. It
facing new turmoil in the form of escalating
The program was devised in 1995 by a
could have done a lot more."
beyond the
rolls. Many of those who had been pushed off
Democratic Legislature, which vested much
The new welfare law is doing wonders fo
Mexican
welfare were streaming back in. While the
of its control in 28 local boards, made up of
the state budget - but is it also helping the
sidies for
caséloads were still well below their historic
business leaders, educators and social work-
poor?
ients. And
levels, the state suddenly forecast something
ers appointed by elected officials. Their de-
Mr. Junell, a Democrat who represents the
ing a $100
unheard of in the new age: a coming welfare
velopment has been impeded by political
rural area around San Angelo, gives a re
receiving
deficit. The Legislature then canceled most
fights, and two are still being formed. As a
freshingly candid answer. "I'm out here in
of the benefit increase it had passed the
result, the availability of social services var-
sheep and goat country - I may not be the
man Serv-
previous year.
ies widely from place to place.
best person to ask," he said. But with the
ree years,
New Mexico finished last year with $67
Still, caseloads are plunging nearly every-
state now getting $300 million a year more
painfully
million in unspent money and a record of
where. Like most of the country, the pro-
to hire a
than it would have under the old system, he is
missed opportunity that few are eager to
gram emphasizes a strict, "work-first" phi-
firm in one conviction: he does not want
e state's
defend. "The money's been available but no
losophy, seeking quick placements in low-
unemploy-
Congress to take any of it back.
program's been implemented," said State
skilled jobs as opposed to education or train-
ent.
Senator Manny Aragon, a Democrat who
"We're gonna fight 'em tooth and nail," he
ing. And it makes an energetic effort to
said. "Out here in Texas, a deal's a deal."
THE NEW YORK TIMES NATIONAL SUNDAY,
who once' was on welfare herself. In her
view the costly program makes harsh de-
mands that drive troubled families away
while enriching social workers and subcon-
tractors. "The people we kicked off the rolls
are still out there," Ms. Moore said, "and
they're not getting served."
Spying the surplus, she wanted more mon-
ey for a long list of causes, and she won most
of them - child care, drug treatment, job
training, youth services and higher pay-
ments for relatives who care for abandoned
children. (Many of the new services had
been proposed by Mr. Thompson, who con-
tinues to talk of the need to invest.)
Ms. Moore's longtime adversary, Mr.
Gard, is a north woods Republican from a
county with a caseload of one. What he
wanted was a tax cut. "I just believe the
average working family needs to see some
benefit," he said. Mr. Gard argues that
more money actually harms the program,
by encouraging too much social work and
too little self-reliance. "The only way to
keep the program from getting out of con-
trol is to pull out money when you can," Mr.
Gard said.
He backed a plan that uses $108 million in
Federal money to replace previous state
spending on wage supplements for the work-
ing poor. The state money was then convert-
ed into a tax cut for property owners. The
deal, embraced by leaders of both parties,
awaits final ratification by the Legislature.
"We both left the room smiling," Ms. Moore
said.
Congressional budget hawks will no doubt
frown at the size of the state's windfall. But
Governor Thompson said any reduction in
the state's grant would punish it for its
success. "We're getting results," he said.
"Isn't that what the Federal Government
wanted?"
After joining the Wisconsin Works program, Tanya Moore found a part-time job and g
ing the formula used to determine their
New Mexico
Though the Legislature set aside $4.5 mil-
eligibility.
lion to subsidize employers who hire recipi-
Angry Democratic legislators sued, argu-
ing that the Governor needed their vote to
ents, the department has scarcely tapped the
Political Fights
fund, creating just eight jobs. And it has yet
make such changes. The state Supreme
to extend its job-placement services to the
Yield Little Action
Court agreed in a unanimous decision, order-
ing him in September 1997 to end the pro-
poor not on welfare, as the Legislature di-
rected a year and a half ago.
While Federal money soothed old fights in
gram. When Mr. Johnson defied their order,
Alex Valdez, the department's new secre-
the justices returned three months later and
Wisconsin, it brought new ones to New Mexi-
tary-designate, said the idea remained under
cited him for contempt.
CO. And the poor have paid the price.
consideration. "That has not been imple-
Three years into the new welfare age, the
Mr. Johnson ended the program. But the
rolls had already been cut in half and sur-
mented yet," he said, declining further expla-
state newly ranked as the nation's poorest is
nation. "That's as far as I can go."
still recovering from a constitutional show-
pluses were mounting - though much of the
The state did use its Federal money to
down between a defiant governor, who tried
state was still lacking rudimentary employ-
ment services. The Legislature met in the
expand its subsidized child care program,
to seize control of the program, and the state
raising the number of children covered to
Supreme Court, which found him in con-
spring of 1998, and with the Governor's help,
20,000, from 7,000 just two years ago.
tempt of its order to relent.
designed yet a third program.
But by last spring, the department was
On paper, it is rich in new services. It
Welfare directors have come and gone,
extends job-placement programs beyond the
facing new turmoil in the form of escalating
leaving the department without direction.
welfare population, to any poor New Mexican
rolls. Many of those who had been pushed off
And millions of Federal dollars have gone
welfare were streaming back in. While the
family. It creates lucrative subsidies for
unspent, while thousands of jobless New
caseloads were still well below their historic
Mexicans have been dropped from the rolls.
employers who hire welfare recipients. And
it raises welfare benefits by offering a $100
levels, the state suddenly forecast something
The conflict began in the spring of 1997,
unheard of in the new age: a coming welfare
when the Democratic Legislature passed a
monthly increase to any family not receiving
deficit. The Legislature then canceled most
a housing subsidy.
welfare bill that contained an expansion of
of the benefit increase it had passed the
But with the Department of Human Serv-
employment services. Gary E. Johnson, the
previous year.
state's two-term Republican Governor, ve-
ices now on its third secretary in three years,
New Mexico finished last year with $67
toed it and unilaterally imposed one of the
bureaucratic progress has been painfully
million in unspent money and a record of
nation's most restrictive programs. It cut off
slow. It took until last October just to hire a
job-placement agency along the state's
missed opportunity that few are eager to
thousands of families already on the rolls -
defend. "The money's been available but no
not by helping them find jobs, but by chang-
southern border, where county unemploy-
program's been implemented," said State
ment rates are as high as 33 percent.
Senator Manny Aragon, a Democrat who
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SPORT
CULTURE OF
the sandlot's been
filled in by a four-
SPORTS
bedroom Cape Cod
with a two-story atri-
um. To pay for the
Poor Kids Need a Sporting Chance
Cape Cod, Mom and Dad are both work-
HILE SUBURBAN AND SMALL-
means of curbing such social ills as
ing, and with Mom and Dad both work-
W
town parents often worry
teen pregnancy, drug abuse and
ing, the kids are signed up for extended-
about their kids being over-
gang violence.
day sessions at school. And by the time
scheduled with sports and
The result is that many traditional
extended-day is over, it's dusk. And even
not having enough free time, many
extracurricular activities, from bas-
if Mom and Dad were home, they'd nev-
inner-city families say they would
ketball leagues to math clubs and
er let the kids wander alone to the neigh-
love to have such problems. When
choirs, have all but disappeared from
borhood park. You never know who
kids pour out of school each day in
inner-city schools. "If you're a child
they'll find at the neighborhood park.
scores of lower-income urban com-
growing up in a poor community, your
So what's a parent to do? We do what
munities, all that awaits them is the
chances of being involved in an after-
Americans have always done. This is, af-
street-no soccer, baseball or ice skat
school activity are almost none, says
ter all, a country that systematizes: we
ing. They just hang out, while their
Geoffrey Canada, president of the
create seminars on how to make friends,
parents pray that dead-end after
Rheedlen Centers for Children and
teach classes in grieving and make pet
noons won't lead to sex or drugs or vi-
Families in New York City.
walking a profession. In that light, Gregg
olence. "Most teenage pregnancies
Consider the contrast between
Heinzmann's praise of unstructured play
happen between 2 and 5 in the after-
two suburbs of St. Louis. In upscale
seems almost un-American. Any activity,
noon," says Les Franklin, founder of
Clayton, Mo., the after-school menu is
no matter how innocent or trivial or spon-
the Shaka Franklin Foundation for
crowded with leagues and summer-
taneous, can become specialized in
Youth, a nonprofit group based in
camp activities ranging from baseball
America. So if our children are to have
Denver that provides counseling and
and martial arts to tennis and volley-
sports, we will make leagues and teams,
other services for urban youngsters.
ball. But travel 15 minutes northwest
write schedules and rule books, publish
"In our neighborhoods, the concept
to Clayton's working-class neighbor,
box scores and rankings, hire coaches and
of soccer mom' doesn't exist.",
the town of Jennings. There the rec-
refs, buy uniforms and equipment to the
Millions of less fortunate families
reation department is understaffed,
limit of our means. We will kiss our week-
bemoan the scarcity of such basic re-
lacks a gymnasium and relies largely
ends goodbye-and maybe more than our
sources as recreation centers with a
on local public schools and other fa-
weekends.
staff or basketball hoops with nets on
cilities, creating transportation prob-
To most parents involved in kids'
them. In many of their neighbor-
lems that keep many kids sidelined.
sports, all the criticisms sound like the
hoods, public money for after-school
"There are some definite barriers,"
dreariest party-poopery. There are joys
activities has declined, even in a time
says Cindy Tharp, director of recrea-
that can't be organized, pleasures that resist
of plenty. Instead governments are
tion in Jennings. "But if parents want
the rigors of systematization. And these
directing resources toward law
to get their child involved, they find
remain unextinguished, even in the over-
enforcement, education and other
a way to do it."
wrought world of kids' sports to-
Happily, some of them are getting
day. In Morristown, N.J., at the
help. Three years ago, when the U.S.
Beard School gym, Kelly Donnelly
National Park Service was ready to
is whiling away the last moments
tear down an aging ice-hockey rink in
before a soccer clinic. Dad Pat has
a lower-income section of southeast-
driven her there, of course. He
ern Washington, D.C., some parents
watches as Kelly spends a minute
from more affluent communities
or so keeping a soccer ball suspend-
banded together and raised enough
ed by bouncing it lightly off her
private and corporate dollars to save it.
knees, in a kind of airborne drib-
FREE PRESS
Today Fort Dupont Ice Arena pro-
ble-a bit of magic that only the
vides free skating instruction to some
rarest adult could pull off.
2,500 local kids, with its $500,000 an-
"It's quite a commitment from
nual budget funded through admis-
the parents as well as the kids," Pat
sion fees, fund raisers and sale of ice
Donnelly is saying. Suddenly Kel-
time for practicing hockey teams
ly lets the ball fall to the polished
from private schools and local col-
wooden floor and with a deft kick
leges. Says rink general manager
sends it the length of the gym till it
Fred Wilson: "The greatest reward
narrowly misses a basketball hoop
we get is seeing the expression on the
at the far end. The kid's good.
faces of these kids when they step out
Donnelly beams and says, "I think
on the ice for the first time." It's a step
I enjoy it almost as much as she
that no child or parent should take for
does."
-Reported by William
granted. Ron Stodghill II/Chicago
Dowell/New York, Tamala Drummond/
TIGER WOODS TEACHES schoolkids to
Orlando, Julie Grace/Chicago, Maureen
swing at a public golf course in Detroit
Harrington/Denver, Sylvester Monroe/
Oakland and Elaine Shannon/Washington
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Time 7/12/99
VIEWPOINT
Lance Morrow
Don't Cry for Me, Oneonta
Can it be that Bill Clinton is merely a prequel, the horse she rode in on?
HE ELECTION RESULTS COME TO ME IN DREAMS. MY
thing outside the five boroughs. Giuliani has alienated ap-
T
kitchen table hops and thumps like a flamenco dancer.
proximately 99.9% of the black vote (and the old pols' sneer
I ask it, "How do you think Hillary Clinton will do
"blacks don't vote" may not apply anymore). People upstate
against Giuliani? What about the presidency in 2004?"
may admire the man who cleaned up Sodom and Gomorrah,
The table tells me Hillary is a great American story forming.
but he will not wear well, I'd guess. With his combed-over
I seem to hear the distant voice of Madonna singing the lead.
death's-head countenance, his bullying instincts and his
Perhaps the table is talking me into something. I am a
bizarre lack of self-awareness (he seems to entertain an idea
sucker for the opinions of agitated furniture. Sometimes I
he might be President), Giuliani makes a perfect heavy. If he
believe my television set when the Sunday-morning fortune-
gets rough with Hillary, it will backfire so violently that she
tellers are on. But it comes to me that with the Clintons, like
will pick up 10% of the vote on sympathy.
it or not-and I do not, much-we are in the middle of a pri-
The nasty New York press is said to be ready to eat Hillary
mal American saga and the important part is yet to come. Bill
alive. Nonsense. The New York press is a scarecrow. Its famous
Clinton may be merely the prequel, the President of lesser
brutality is mostly saloon bragging by tabloid drunks on their
moment-except, so to speak, as the
10th beer. Whitewater, Filegate, the
horse she rode in on.
commodity trades-old business, for-
Do not underestimate Hillary
is no small thing. At the moment,
TOP BILL DAVID
get it. After all, Ted Kennedy ran off a
Clinton's ambition, or her destiny. It
bridge a long time ago, and a woman
drowned, and he's had 30 happy
condescension droppeth as the gentle
years in the Senate since then.
rain upon Hillary. Last week Jack
Gender will play heavily in Hil-
Newfield, in the New York Post,
lary's favor. A lot of upstate Republi-
wrote an "imaginary secret diary en-
can women are confessing to friends
try" in which poor Hillary wonders,
that while they would not normally
"Am I running to solve a mid-life cri-
think of voting for the Democrat, the
sis? To get even with Bill? I'm
not
feministic appeal overrides their tra-
sure who I am anymore Where did
ditional loyalty./Hillary Clinton re-
I get so lost?" When the idea of a New
capitulates, in her life, the origin myth
Shu
York Senate race first surfaced in
of liberated white American woman-
February, George Stephanopoulos
the journey from the Friedanish frus-
restes
gave Hillary a pat on the head and ad-
trations of domesticity, from the shad-
Glven
vised her not to run: "You don't need
ow of the husband to the promised
to prove anything."
In New York: Archetype between Eleanor and Evita
land of independence, power, auton-
Such smugness lacks imagina-
omy as a woman.
tion. The polls have Mrs. Clinton (not yet formally announced
Yet Hillary's victory will result mainly from this: she has
but house hunting in Westchester County and running hard)
Celebrity. In the politics of turn-of-the-millennium America,
just about even with New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Celebrity trumps all else, even when it may be disreputable. In
She heads into upstate New York this week on a five-city
this case most voters judge it is the lady's husband who is dis-
swing (Oneonta, Utica, Syracuse, Albany, Cooperstown). But
reputable; she gains shine from the contrast and, at deeper lev-
forget early polls. Over time, all great stories are subject to
els of our psychology, accrues a fascinating power (the power
transformation, surprise, sudden unexpected bloom.
of hardened martyrdom) from her stolid-not to say classy and
Hillary Clinton has good instincts and is, I suspect, a
somewhat mysterious-endurance of the lout's squalors.
lightning-fast learner. My séance informs me:
Admittedly, a certain Clinton-in-Kosovo logic is at work.
The carpetbagger issue hurts Hillary now but will matter
Outsider Hillary, like NATO, violates state borders (New
less and less as her media presence saturates the state in the
York's) in the interests of morally imperative do-gooding-a
months to come-Hillary everywhere on local news, wearing
form of moral colonization, what the French used to call une
that Yankees cap, kissing babies, talking to mothers, posing
mission civilisatrice. The transgression will offend some.
with pigs at the state fair in September.
But, as in Kosovo, it will succeed.
"We New Yorkers," she'll say. The very acerbity of the fight
I think I see a sort of Celtic mist forming around Hillary as
will neutralize the carpetbagger issue-you're not a foreigner if
a new archetype (somewhere between Eleanor and Evita,
you're in there getting beaten up. If it were a race for Gover-
transcending both) at a moment when the civilization pivots,
nor, Giuliani would win. New Yorkers would not elect an out-
at last, decisively-perhaps for the first time since the advent of
of-stater to run the executive branch in Albany. But Senator is
Christian patriarchy two millenniums ago-toward Woman.
a Washington job, in the oratorical branch of government.
It may all be hallucination, of course (in which case I will
Rudy Giuliani will play disastrously as a candidate. He has
bolt my kitchen table to the floor). Hillary Clinton
performed well, if autocratically, as mayor of New York City,
amounts to something more than herself, and anyone who
but rarely has a mayor of New York ever amounted to any-
underestimates that something IS a fool.
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TIME, JULY 12, 1999
New York University
A private university in the public service
Faculty of Arts and Science
Susan M. Andersen
Department of Psychology
Professor of Psychology
Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
(Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology)
6 Washington Place, Suite 468
Tel: (212) 998-7799
New York, NY 10003-6634
e-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: (212) 998-7979
FAX:
(212) 995-4292
September 28, 1999
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20050
Dear Melanne:
I'm sure you know of the excellent work Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR Metro) does with
kids in New York City schools. ESR Metro is on the cutting edge here in addressing anger and
violence, easing intergroup tensions, creating afterschool programs and also early childhood programs.
It's also on the President's list of best practices for the Race Relations Initiative.
The attached pages from one of their newsletters (pgs. 1 and 4) gives a short summary of what they
do. A fairly recent speech by the Executive Director, Tom Roderick is also attached (pgs. 1-2) for
your information. He is a bit to the left of the Administration, but dedicated and caring.
Anyway, might be good for a visit, now that visits to local sites have begun to unfold? Just a thought.
Take care.
All best,
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metropolitan area
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Inside
Our year in review
this
issue:
his year marks a turning point for ESR
consultant in the teaching of reading and writing
T
Metro, as we launch a number of exciting
began meeting to develop our approach and iden-
new projects and our major research project
tify pieces of literature and writing lessons we
nears completion. Below is a brief overview of our
can use in the project.
year.
Continued on page 4
ESR
We developed several new con-
flict resolution initiatives in 1998-99.
Metro's
Our new 4Rs Project Reading,
Writing, Respect and Resolution),
year:
aims to integrate conflict resolution
4Rs
and intercultural understanding into
the language arts curriculum for grades
CAROLINA KROON, IMPACT VISUALS
after-school
K-5. We are very excited about
early childhood
enhancing our conflict resolution work
abolition
through literature and writing - and
enhancing literature instruction by
economics
integrating the themes of conflict reso-
diversity
lution.
new research
This spring, a "4Rs working
RCCP
group" made up of ESR Metro staff,
experienced RCCP teachers, and a
Teachers talk at a Project STOP training in October.
Project STOP
Peer
mediators
STEADY WORK
celebrate!
page 5
On May 27, ESR Metro Executive Director Tom
ed downtown on Bank Street. The big issues of the
Roderick was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the
day were racism, violence, and war. The summer
Bank Street College of Education. Below is a slightly
of 1965 had seen the first major escalation of the
abridged version of the speech he made that day.
Vietnam War and the riot in Watts, Los Angeles, in
which 34 people died, all African-Americans killed
Job
nce in Chelm, the mythical village of the
by the police. Charlotte Winsor taught a course
openings
O
East European Jews, a man was appointed
called "Cultural Trends." I was part of a group of
to sit at the village gate and wait for the
students who worked with Charlotte to organize a
page 7
coming of the Messiah. He complained to the village
series of forums on the Vietnam War. A high point
elders that his pay was too low. "You are right," they
was getting SDS activist Tom Hayden to speak,
said to him, "the pay is low. But consider: the work is
fresh from his controversial visit to Hanoi.
steady." The same is true of my work of teaching
Despite the grim events in the wide world, I
for justice, teaching for peace, teaching for social
had a wonderful year at Bank Street. I enjoyed my
responsibility.
teachers, advisors, and fellow students, some of
Thirty-three years ago this spring, I was fin-
whom became friends for life. I can't imagine a bet-
ishing up my year in the Master's program at Bank
ter introduction to New York City and to my chosen
Street. At that time, the college was actually locat-
Continued on page 2
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 10, 2000
Susan M. Anderson
Professor of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place, Suite 468
New York, NY 10003-6634
Dear Susan:
Thank you for your reflections on important topics.
I've read them carefully as we are preparing for the State of the
Union and I have sent Jerry Edmunds, the chief speechwriter, a
set as well. I forwarded the Mandela book and your letter to the
President, as I'm sure he will be most interested.
Very best New Year wishes to you and thanks so much
for all you do.
Sincerely,
me
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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of
New York University
A private university in the public service
Faculty of Arts and Science
Department of Psychology
Susan M. Anderson
Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Professor of Psychology
6 Washington Place, Suite 468
(Social Prychology and Clinical Psychology)
New York, NY 10003-6634
Tel: (212) 998-7799
Telephone: (212) 998-7979
e-mail: [email protected]
FAX:
(212) 995-4018
January 4, 2000
To: Melanne Verveer
FAX: 4 pages total
FROM: Susan Andersen
I hope you received the fedex box set to
be delivered to you this morning.
Enclosed 13 a follow- on that.
Happy New Millinneum to gon, Inday
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New York University
A private university in the public service
Faculty of Arts and Science
Department of Psychology
Summ M Anderson
Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Proheser of Psychology
6 Washington Place, Suite 468
(Social Puychology and Clinical Psychology)
New York, NY 10003-6634
Tel: (212) 998-7799
Telephone: (212) 998-7979
e-mail:
FAX: (212) 995-4292
January 4, 2000
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20050
Dear Melanne:
Following up on my letter, sent to you in a fedex box yesterday, for receipt this morning, and in light
of the upcoming State of the Union, I respectfully send along some additional thoughts on freedom,
the economy, and the New Markets Initiative.
As we seek to build a better society, we take to heart messages the modern age delivers - the
staggering power of human freedom and ingenuity. When people have hope and opportunity,
and are allowed to reach toward their own aspirations, they have a remarkable ability to shape
their own destinies, to choose how they wish to live, to vote with their feet, economically, and in so
many other ways. This is modernity. And it is our great responsibility - to make sure all people in
all communities are provided with these tools to make the most of their own lives.
This is why the time has come to turn our attention to the seemingly intractable problem of
poverty in our country, and also abroad, to the growing gap between rich and poor. We now
know how to develop new markets that build on local strengths and needs. We now know more
than ever before about how to spur individual motivation and initiative. We now know how to make
wise investments.
This is the legacy of the new economy, a legacy that carries with if great moral responsibility.
The key to economic empowerment always comes in seeding and developing people's
individual capacity, their capacity to help themselves, based on any and all skills they
currently have. This is not simply "providing for needs," although we must do that in crisis. It is
extending the safety net in such a way that we equip people with the skills they need to get ahead.
This is true at the high end of the economy and at all other levels as well.
The most innovative achievements of the Clinton/Gore administration all reflect this profound
shift in political philosophy - that success comes in seeding individual capacity. This is the
Third Way thinking the President has worked so hard to cultivate and promote. Reciprocity, at least
at some level of analysis, is what best solves social problems. As people give something in return,
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they develop their own competencies and initiative, and their own human potential. This is now the
consensus insight in community development worldwide.
This also requires of us the capacity to look each other in the eye, face to face, or through our
computers or phones or faxes, to find common ground, our common humanity, together. We must
listen, even though we are different, rise above suspicion, hatred, vengeance, and despair, if
we can, and work tirelessly on behalf of inclusion - for all who have a stake in decisions and
also for simple civility, even if sometime noisy - as we work to fashion solutions.
This is democracy. And it democracy that wins in the 20th century.
In the 21st century, we accept that we have cultural and other differences, and we must pledge
to find ways to work together, along with our differences, to uphold each other's basic human
dignity, to forge a path forward together, emphasizing mutual rights and responsibilities. In
doing this, we will create caring communities amid our diversity, and form new levels of shared
understanding, shared narratives of the reality in which we now live and would like to live in the
future - both as local communities and as a nation.
There is always a tension between liberty and responsibility at the heart of democracy. We
must celebrate it, and work with it, in all its forms. It is our life blood. It gives us the freedom - our
ability to dream, to imagine what is possible and to turn our visions into reality. And it also gives us
a shared destiny, the ability to look out for the common good, to feel for one another, to respect
each other's dignity and rights. Our constraint is also our gift - our responsibility to one
another. We must stand for what is humane and must stand for social justice. Our reciprocal
gift is that nearly anything is possible in America if we can but dream it. This is America. It
is also modernity.
Part of freedom, of course, is the freedom to reconcile, to forgive, and move to a new level of
discourse, as we define, together, our ever evolving narrative. This is the basis of peacemaking and
all negotiation between opposing sides. What we seek to become as a people in the next century,
what we wish to achieve- as a nation, as communities, as families, as individuals - will
depend on our skills as peacemakers. The onus will be on us to choose to use our liberty wisely,
in each of our lives, not to throw out what we've accomplished, to cherish it, and to ever strive
toward our aspirations, while working as well to build bridges across the divides in our society, to
unharden our hearts. We can work to be open-hearted with one another, while we are also
pragmatic, making steady progress, keeping feet to the ground, eyes on the stars, living up to
our moral responsibilities.
And with all this freedom and responsibility, as Americans, we have the ultimate privilege to
continue to grow and develop as human beings throughout our lives in myriad ways, to
develop more sides of ourselves, to gain more knowledge, to reinvent our careers, at the
differing stages of life, to take on new challenges, to develop spiritually, and to achieve our
dreams. Never has human kind seen such freedom and opportunity. Never have we had such
responsibility.
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And we hope, for each one of us, that our personal growth curves are not simply about growth for
growth's sake, but that they reflect growth toward goodness, depth, wisdom, a slow, steady
evolution toward our better natures. One thing we know is that this involves generativity, leaving
something behind. So too does it involve a recognition of our interdependence with one another,
with all peoples and all countries, and with the whole of biodiversity on the planet and in the
universe. This is among our great responsibilities that comes with freedom.
Bringing these tensions down to earth: Doris Kearns Goodwin said recently that FDR, so known
for regulating capitalism and free markets, in fact saved capitalism by regulating it. And this
delicate balance goes on, finely tuned, and ever being refined. How is this related to the new
economy? Regulation is contentious as a term. But regulation of some kind is necessary for the
common good; capitalism alone is amoral, as we know. We provide the human face for this new
economy, as is so often said. How will we foster shared understandings of the common good in
communities in the coming century? How will we foster personal responsibility while we continue to
maximize our freedoms? What role will we accord to incentives for valued societal outcomes?
Lessons can be found about community development in the President's New Markets
Initiative, deriving from the accomplishments of community development banks and
empowerment zones. People need to hear specific details about how these models have been used
and now can be used more extensively to develop new markets and to promote empowerment of
people in disadvantaged communities, including people of color, from all backgrounds and language
groups, and generally people in poverty, in rural areas and urban areas, to encourage entrepreneurs,
business activities, to provide people with the tools to pull themselves out of poverty in a way that is
profitable and creates jobs. The comments the President made while signing the Welfare Bill in 1996
are a beginning and need elaboration based on the poverty tours and his more recent thinking.
It is important to describe exactly how this approach to spurring growth and job creation works in a
locality and how it can be extended around the country - since it's an idea that works. Scaling it up
so it touches more disadvantaged areas that have lost jobs over recent years, by opening new
markets, is 8 pragmatic approach to poverty, growing the kinds of private-public partnerships
and seeding individual responsibility and entrepreneurism that we know makes communities
work. The consensus insight that social programs work best when they tap and promote individual
initiative, and when people take responsibility for themselves. This is what needs to be
communicated. And we must support efforts to tap and grow people's motivation and their belief
that America is on their side, that they are welcome, are respected, are part of this grand continuing
experiment called America, and that too can make it here. We can all make something of meaning
and significance of our own lives if we are given the opportunity and work doggedly at it.
Just some thoughts for you, Melanne, which I hope you may find useful in some way. Thanks for
your patience with me. At least I know these are matters to which you and all there are deeply
committed.
Hope all's well with you personally.
Warmly,
Sasan
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 19, 1999
Susan Anderson
Department of Psychology
New York University
6 Washington Place #468
New York, NY 10003-6634
Dear Susan:
Thank you for your letter and many kind words in
response to the President's proposal on Medicare. Your
personal story made the case for the proposal better than any
set of erudite talking points. Let's hope that Congress sees fit
to address the needs of so many Americans.
Best wishes and hope all is well with you.
Sincerely,
New the First Lady
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
New York University
A private university in the public service
Faculty of Arts and Science
Susan M. Andersen
Department of Psychology
Professor of Psychology
Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
(Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology)
6 Washington Place, Suite 468
Tel: (212) 998-7799
New York, NY 10003-6634
e-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: (212) 998-7979
FAX:
(212) 995-4292
June 30, 1999
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20050
Hi Melanne:
A personal note to applaud the President's proposal for prescription drug coverage within Medicare.
My mother, my best friend in the world, moved to Canada in 1987 because she could no longer afford
to live in the U.S., a move due largely to soaring medical costs and her concerns about this, especially
her elaborate daily regimen of prescription medicines. She needed more complete health care
coverage -- health care security, as you all used to say. Until her death from a brain hemorrhage in
1996, leaving my siblings and me terribly bereaved, she lived in Canada. She subsisted on less than
$20,000 a year there, including a monthly contribution from me and one of my sisters, and was cared
for fully by the Canadian health care system without being a Canadian citizen. Such are the disparities
in care across our borders, as you know.
It's true her move was motivated as well by a desire to be near my brother who left the U.S. in the 60s
(of course during the war), never returning to live here in spite of amnesty. But it was her declining
health and financial strain that prompted her to leave the country.
So, just want to say that the President's announcement brought me to tears. My mother would have
brimmed with pride and hope at this latest valiant effort.
Do hope life is treating you well.
As ever,
Snsan
Susan M. Andersen
Professor of Psychology
SMA/s
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 25, 1999
John Andrews
2141 Wyoming Ave.
Washington, DC 20008-3916
Dear John:
Thank you for your thoughtful invitation for the First
Lady to attend the night of Shakespeare and tribute to Judi
Dench in New York on May 17. Regrettably, Mrs. Clinton
could not accept your kind offer as she was just returning from
Macedonia at the time. I trust the evening was a success!
Very best wishes and thank you for your many
kindnesses.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
May 24, 1999
John Andrews
2141 Wyoming Ave.
Washington, DC 20008-3916
Dear John:
Thank you for your thoughtful invitation for the First
Lady to attend the night of Shakespeare and tribute to Judi
Dench in New York on May 17. Regrettably, Mrs. Clinton
could not accept your kind offer as she was just returning from
Macedonia at the time. I trust the evening was a success!
Very best wishes and thank you for your many
kindnesses.
Sincerely,
be
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS GALA EVENING?
Your support for this gathering will strengthen the cultural
and educational endeavors of THE SHAKESPEARE GUILD
A Night for the Love of Shakespeare
and of the other nonprofit organizations that have
MONDAY, MAY 17TH, AT 8:00 P.M.
joined hands with the Guild for the occasion.
THE ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE
THE SUPPER CLUB
THE SHAKESPEARE SOCIETY
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF SADLER'S WELLS
Sponsor
$10,000 for twelve tickets
THE BRITISH COUNCIL U.S.
Golden Quill Circle
+
CHICAGO SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
$5,000 for six tickets
Patron
THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION
$1,000 for one ticket
Benefactor
+
$500 for one ticket
THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB
THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Donor
$350 for one ticket
THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
Contributor
$150 for one ticket
THEATRE FOR A NEW AUDIENCE
Tickets in the above categories will secure choice seats in the orchestra
WGBH/BOSTON
section, admission to the Supper Club reception following the Barrymore
festivities, and listings in the printed souvenir program for the evening.
The Guild will earmark 15% of its net proceeds
Please reserve
ticket orders at the
level.
for a charitable trust that Dame JUDI DENCH is creating
in order to relocate and to maintain, for use by aspiring
I cannot attend, but please accept a donation in the amount of $
drama professionals, the Rose playhouse set that MIRAMAX
constructed for its award-winning film SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE.
Name
Address
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Rooms have been set aside at discounted rates for the
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HOTEL INTER-CONTINENTAL (call 212-906-3201) and for the
Phone
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THE SHAKESPEARE GUILD when you inquire about reservations.
Please charge _MC_VISA
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For less expensive accommodations at the MAYFLOWER HOTEL
All but $75 of the price for each ticket is tax-deductible; contributions
(call 800-223-4164), you should request the corporate rate
are fully tax-deductible. Please return this form to The Shakespeare
available to members of THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING UNION, one
Guild, c/o 111 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016. If you
of the Guild's partners for this year's Gielgud ceremony.
prefer, you may fax your response to (212) 685-0062. For more
information, call (212) 685-1095 or (202) 483-8646.
For $25 tickets to the Barrymore event only, call (212) 239-6200.
JOHN F. ANDREWS
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 21, 2000
Hon. Sirkka-Liisa Anttila
First Deputy Speaker of Parliament
Parliament of Finland
Helsinki, FIN-00102 Finland
Dear Ms. Anttila,
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you for your
invitation for Mrs. Clinton to participate in the 2ⁿᵈ Baltic Sea
Women's Conference in Helsinki on March 11.
Regrettably, Mrs. Clinton will not be able to attend the
conference, as her schedule in March is full and will not allow
a trip to Finland. But please accept Mrs. Clinton's appreciation
for you and your colleagues' vital work to convene this
important international forum, along with her best wishes to the
conference participants.
Thank you for your leadership and all you do to
encourage the participation of women in politics.
Sincerely,
Member Verveer
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Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 7, 2000
H.E. Corazon C. Aquino
Patron
Global Forum of Women Political Leaders
Philippines International Convention Center
Manila, Philippines
Dear Mrs. Aquino:
I wish I could be with you and all the participants who are gathered in Manila for the
Global Forum of Women Political Leaders. Mrs. Aquino, you are an inspiration to women
around the world who have struggled for freedom and democracy.
I also want to salute Irene Santiago, who did such a magnificent job leading the NGO
Forum in Beijing in 1995, and who has dedicated herself to advancing women's progress. Those
of us who were in Beijing remember clearly the banners created by women from every part of the
world. They spread those banners across the Great Wall. Although the languages of the women
represented were different, they spoke the same mother tongue - the language of freedom and
hope.
And, I will remember always my visit to the Philippines in 1996 and the opportunity to
speak to 15,000 women who had traveled from all over the country to celebrate the Beijing
Agenda. Just as you are doing today, they came to renew their commitment to women's rights
and to re-commit themselves to work for a better life for themselves and their families.
The women who gathered at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing five
years ago, the women around the globe who struggle for progress every day, and the women
participating in this global forum all send the same clear message: the political process must be
open to all, because a nation's progress depends on the progress of women and the strength of
political systems depends on the inclusion of women. We know democracy will never be
fulfilled while women are still barred by law or tradition from making their voices heard at the
ballot box or in public office. As a female official from Kuwait - where women are fighting for
the right to vote and stand for office - said at a Vital Voices conference recently, "Women don't
want a skim milk democracy. We want a full cream democracy." This conference is part of the
ongoing effort to transform women's lives and societies and create full cream democracies.
Today we can take heart knowing that democracy has replaced dictatorship around the
world. But women still find their voices silenced, their potentials stymied, and their
contributions hindered. Promoting democratic values and the importance of participation in the
political process by voting and standing for office is critical to sustaining democracy.
For all of the challenges that confront us in this new century, I am optimistic about our
future and our capacity to meet those challenges. And I thank you for your leadership in meeting
that challenge through your political participation and activism. I wish you much success in this
meeting.
Sincerely yours,
Hillary Hillary Rodham Rodham Clinton Canton
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 2, 2000
Mr. Pino Arlacchi
Executive Director
UNODCCP
Vienna International Centre
PO Box 500, A-1400 Vienna
AUSTRIA
Dear Mr. Arlacchi,
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you for your letter
and invitation for Mrs. Clinton to keynote the high level
segment of the Tenth UN Congress on the Prevention of Crime
and the Treatment of Offenders on April 14 in Vienna.
Regrettably, Mrs. Clinton will not be able attend the
conference this April as her schedule is full. But please accept
her appreciation for the UNODCCP's vital work to promote
international cooperation in the fight against crime, along with
her best wishes to you and your colleagues for a productive
meeting.
Thank you for your leadership and all you do.
Sincerely,
Mem Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
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First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright
Secretary it Health and Human Subject
Honorary Chair
Chair
Donna Shaiala. Immediate Past Their
DATE: 2/23/00
TO: Melanne Verveer / Katy Button
ORGANIZATION: Office of the First Lody
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SUBJECT: CRIME: INVITATION TO HILLARY CLINTON TO THE TENTH
UN CONGRESS ON THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND TREATMENT OF
OFFENDERS, TO BE HELD IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA, APRIL 10-17
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REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN TRANSMITTING AN INVITATION TO
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RECEIVE AMPLE MEDIA COVERAGE WORLDWIDE. IT WOULD CONVEY A
STRONG SIGNAL TO THE WORLD THAT POLITICAL MOVEMENTS
CAPITALIZING ON AND/OR FOSTERING XENOPHOBIA SUCH AS MR.
HAIDER'S FPO ARE UTTERLY REJECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY. THIS MAY YIELD POLITICAL GAINS BOTH FOR THE
POLITICIANS INVOLVED AND FOR THE UNITED NATIONS."
3. (U) BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER OF INVITATION.
DEAR MS. CLINTON,
I HAVE THE HONOUR TO INVITE YOU TO DELIVER A KEYNOTE
STATEMENT AT THE OPENING OF THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF THE
TENTH UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS ON THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND
THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS, TO BE HELD AT VIENNA, AUSTRIA,
FROM 10 TO 17 APRIL 2000.
THE TENTH CONGRESS WILL BE ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 3000
PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT,
MINISTERS, POLICY MAKERS, ACADEMICIANS, WORLD EXPERTS AND
PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD.
AS INDICATED IN THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING FOUR
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SUBSTANTIVE TOPICS OF THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA WILL BE
ADDRESSED BY THE TENTH CONGRESS: I) PROMOTING THE RULE OF LAW
AND STRENGTHENING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, II)
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL CRIME:
NEW CHALLENGES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, III) EFFECTIVE
CRIME PREVENTION: KEEPING PACE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS, AND IV)
OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS: ACCOUNTABILITY AND FAIRNESS IN THE
JUSTICE PROCESS.
IN ADDITION, FOUR PRACTICALLY ORIENTED WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD
ON THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: (A) COMBATING CORRUPTION, B)
CRIMES RELATED TO THE COMPUTER NETWORK, C) COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME PREVENTION AND (D) WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF THE TENTH CONGRESS WILL BE HELD ON
14 AND:15 APRIL 2000. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS ASKED THAT
GOVERNMENTS BE REPRESENTED BY HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT OR
GOVERNMENT MINISTERS TO FOCUS ON THE MAIN THEME OF THE TENTH
CONGRESS, ENTITLED "INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN COMBATING
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME: NEW CHALLENGES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY".
YOUR PARTICIPATION AT THE OPENING OF THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT,
SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 14 APRIL 2000, AT 10.00 AM,
WOULD BE A GREAT HONOUR FOR THE CONGRESS AND ITS PARTICIPANTS.
COMPLIMENTARY CLOSE.
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ARLACCHI ASKS FOR MS. CLINTON'S PARTICIPATION AS A KEYNOTE
SPEAKER AT THE OPENING OF THE CRIME CONGRESS HIGH-LEVEL
SEGMENT APRIL 14-15 IN VIENNA. ATTACHED IS THE ANNEX TO UN
DOCUMENT A/CONF.187/ WHICH LAYS OUT THE PROPOSED
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WAY INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CONGRESS. WE MAY
ALSO WANT TO COMMUNICATE THE IDEA THAT THE CONGRESS IS A
SUITABLE PLATFORM FOR THE ELABORATION AND ADOPTION OF A
STRONGLY WORDED STATEMENT BY THE HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT
CONDEMNING ALL MANIFESTATIONS OF XENOPHOBIA AND INTOLERANCE
TOWARDS FOREIGNERS. THE DRAFT DECLARATION DOES IN FACT
ALREADY CONTAIN TWO ARTICLES TO THAT EFFECT. SUCH A
STATEMENT COMING FROM A HIGH LEVEL UN MEETING IN VIENNA WILL
RECEIVE AMPLE MEDIA COVERAGE WORLDWIDE. IT WOULD CONVEY A
STRONG SIGNAL TO THE WORLD THAT POLITICAL MOVEMENTS
CAPITALIZING ON AND/OR FOSTERING XENOPHOBIA SUCH AS MR.
HAIDER'S FPO ARE UTTERLY REJECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY. THIS MAY YIELD POLITICAL GAINS BOTH FOR THE
POLITICIANS INVOLVED AND FOR THE UNITED NATIONS."
3. (U) BEGIN TEXT OF LETTER OF INVITATION.
DEAR MS. CLINTON,
I HAVE THE HONOUR TO INVITE YOU TO DELIVER A KEYNOTE
STATEMENT AT THE OPENING OF THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF THE
TENTH UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS ON THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND
THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS, TO BE HELD AT VIENNA, AUSTRIA,
FROM 10 TO 17 APRIL 2000.
THE TENTH CONGRESS WILL BE ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 3000
PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT,
MINISTERS, POLICY MAKERS, ACADEMICIANS, WORLD EXPERTS AND
PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD.
AS INDICATED IN THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING FOUR
SUBSTANTIVE TOPICS OF THE PROVISIONAL AGENDA WILL BE
ADDRESSED BY THE TENTH CONGRESS: I) PROMOTING THE RULE OF LAW
AND STRENGTHENING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, II)
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN COMBATING TRANSNATIONAL CRIME:
NEW CHALLENGES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, III) EFFECTIVE
CRIME PREVENTION: KEEPING PACE WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS, AND IV)
OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS: ACCOUNTABILITY AND FAIRNESS IN THE
JUSTICE PROCESS.
IN ADDITION, FOUR PRACTICALLY ORIENTED WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD
ON THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS: (A) COMBATING CORRUPTION, B)
CRIMES RELATED TO THE COMPUTER NETWORK, C) COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME PREVENTION AND (D) WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF THE TENTH CONGRESS WILL BE HELD ON
14 AND 15 APRIL 2000. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS ASKED THAT
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GOVERNMENTS BE REPRESENTED BY HEADS OF STATE OR GOVERNMENT OR
GOVERNMENT MINISTERS TO FOCUS ON THE MAIN THEME OF THE TENTH
CONGRESS, ENTITLED "INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN COMBATING
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME: NEW CHALLENGES IN THE TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY".
YOUR PARTICIPATION AT THE OPENING OF THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT,
SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY, 14 APRIL 2000, AT 10.00 AM,
WOULD BE A GREAT HONOUR FOR THE CONGRESS AND ITS PARTICIPANTS.
COMPLIMENTARY CLOSE.
END TEXT.
FITZPATRICK
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UNCLASSIFIED
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 26, 1999
Sue Armsby Armitage
2930 Golden Eagle Circle
Lafayette, CO 80026
Dear Sue:
What a surprise to hear from you and how
wonderful to get all your news - many times blessed with
Steve, and Rose's impending birth!
I sometimes think about your past work on hate
crimes and English Only. Your commitment and
determination to act against injustice have always stayed
with me. You made such a tremendous contribution at
People for the American Way and our nation is the better
for it. Life here continues to be rewarding albeit hectic. The
same motivation that we shared at PFAW to make a
positive difference continues to inspire.
My best to you and yours. Thanks so much for your
thoughtful letter.
Sincerely,
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
the First Lady
Melanne Vever
Hilkert
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Dear Melanne, I loved seeing you sitting next to Rosa Parks
last night! You look great -- and I remain very proud to know
you. Over the years, I have thought of you often and sent good
thoughts your way.
I have been married for about three years to an incredibly
wonderful guy, Steve Armitage. He is a fifth grade teacher and
is one of those whose former students and parents stay in
touch with him for years. He is also very active in local
teacher union politics.
I am six months pregnant and we are expecting a little girl
in April. Her name will be Rose Armsby Armitage. I am so
curious about what she will look like and who she will become.
Now I work as a project manager for a company (my first
for-profit!) called Digital Creators producing online
educational courses. I use my writing, editing and organizing
skills plus newly developed skills in graphic arts and
Internet technology. In some ways it is similar to coalition
work, and vastly different in other ways.
I love the Internet. I read the Washington Post online every
morning to stay somewhat up to date. It was fun to read in the
Reliable Source about another Melanne coming into the world
and the holiday party at your house!
After Matthew Shepherd's death in Wyoming and the discussion
against 3 pritect
about hate crime I was pleased to read quotes from my pal
Michael Lieberman of the ADL. I'm glad he's still on the job!
have always
And, I'm very glad Clinton mentioned hate crime and helping
newcomers learn English in the speech last night!
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I hope you get the chance to meet Mark Udall, who succeeded
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David Skaggs. Steve and I first got to know Mark when he ran
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 14, 1999
Carole Artigiani Nichols
Executive Director
Global Kids
561 Broadway, 6th floor
New York, NY 10012
Dear Ms. Nichols:
Thank you for the information about Global Kids
and your kind invitation for the First Lady to speak in New
York on March 25.
Regrettably, Mrs. Clinton was unable to accept the
invitation as she was on a good will mission in North
Africa at that time. During the trip, she spoke on several
occasions about the importance of human rights around the
world. I know she would want me to convey her
appreciation for the efforts of Global Kids, along with her
best wishes.
Thank you for all you do.
Sincerely,
Name Chief of Staff to
Melanne Verveer
the First Lady
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March 3, 1999
ACTION
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Washington, DC 20500-0003
Dear Ms. Verveer:
Thank you for sending us a copy of Mrs. Clinton's Eleanor Roosevelt Lecture on the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is inspiring and important.
As Mrs. Clinton points out, young people need to know about the Declaration and to be
engaged in promoting human rights for all. Global Kids Leaders-public school teens
from across New York City-have been studying the Declaration and are planning a
major conference for 300 young people from the youth community. I am enclosing a
flyer with the details of the event.
We would be honored and thrilled if Mrs. Clinton were to address these young people.
She has remarkable experiences and first-hand knowledge of the impact of world issues
on children. Her own efforts to draw attention to the needs of young people are notable
indeed. The conference participants should know that someone in such a powerful
position cares about their well-being.
On the chance that Mrs. Clinton will be back in New York on March 25, I am sending
this invitation. Nothing would inspire her more than to see how deeply these teens care,
how much they have learned, and how committed they are to making a difference, not
only in their own communities but worldwide.
I would be happy to send more information at your request. I hope you will consider this
invitation.
Carace Sincerely, actigum Nichs
Carole Artigiani Nichols
Executive Director
561 BROADWAY, SIXTH FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10012 PHONE: 212-226-0130 FAX: 212-226-0137
Global Kids, Inc.
in collaboration with the Wolfson Center for National Affairs of the
New School University
presents
The Tenth Annual Global Kids Youth Conference
The Power of Citizenry
Human Rights- — Right On!
***Designed and Led by Global Kids Youth Leaders***
Thursday, March 25, 1999
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
The New School University
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street between 5th & 6th Avenue
New York, New York
EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN Ethnic
Present Day Slavery
Homelessness
CONFLICT
Criminalization OF Black Youth
Freedom OF Expression
Tibet
Healthcare
CHILD SOLDIERS
Workfare
Worker's RIGHTS
Political prisoners
GLOBAL KiDS
Nuclear Disarmament
INCARCERATION
And Much MORE!
Participating Organizations Include:
Human Rights Watch
American Anti-Slavery Group
NYPIRG
Urban Justice Center
Police Watch
Students for a Free Tibet
Alliance for Justice
National Labor Committee
Campaign Against the Death Penalty
Audre Lord Project
Global Action Project
Center for the Study of Human Rights
GEMS
War Resister's League
Global Kids, Inc. is a nonprofit educational organization which prepares urban youth for global and
community leadership. Our vision is a world in which people of diverse backgrounds can achieve leadership
on all levels of society and have the knowledge, skills and experiences necessary to shape public policy and
international relations.
This conference has been made possible by a generous grant from the
Stephen and May Cavin Leeman Foundation.
To register or for more information contact Global Kids at (212) 226-0130.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 28, 1999
Alberta Arthurs
329 W. 108th St., PHC
New York, NY 10025
Dear Alberta:
Thank you for your note. It means a great deal because
you and I have been partners in our collective endeavor for SO
long. My only regret is that we rushed out of the gala and I
was unable to see you.
Hopefully, one of these days there will be time for a
long conversation about all our mutual interests. At least, I can
hope!
All the best always,
Name Chief of Staff to
Melanne Verveer
the First Lady
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
July 19, 1999
Pino Arlacchi
UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention
Vienna International Centre, PO Box 500 A-1400
Vienna, Austria
Dear Mr. Arlacchi:
On behalf of the First Lady, thank you for your letter
and invitation for Mrs. Clinton to keynote the symposium
"Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime: Stereotypes and Reality"
in Venice, September 28-29. She was so pleased to meet you
in Palermo.
Mrs. Clinton was very honored to have the opportunity
to speak at the "Civitas Palermo World Congress." Regrettably,
however, her schedule will not permit a return trip to Italy in
September. But please accept Mrs. Clinton's appreciation for
you and your colleagues' vital work, along with her best wishes
for a successful conference.
Best wishes and thank you for all you do.
Sincerely,
1 the First Lady
Melanne Verveer
Chief of Staff to
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THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
VIENNA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE
P.O.BOX 500. A-1400. VIENNA, AUSTRIA
TELEPHONE: (43-1) 26060-5001 TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: UNATIONS VIENNA FAX: (43-1) 26060-5819 E-MAIL:
[email protected]
9 July 1999
Dear Mrs. Clinton,
It was a great pleasure for me to make your acquaintance on the occasion
of the "Civitas Palermo World Congress" last month. The key-note adciress you delivered
at the Palermo event was very inspiring. It provided the audience with very valuable
thoughts on the indispensable linkage between the rule of law and the advancement of
democracy.
The United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, the
Vienna-based organization I direct, will hold an international symposium on the theme
"Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime: Stereotypes and Reality" in Venice, at the
"Fondazione Cini "on 28 and 29 September 1999.
I have the honor to invite you to attend this event and, in particular, to
deliver the opening address to the symposium, on a topic of your choice, on Tuesday 28
September at 10.10 am.
The aim of the two-day symposium is to provide a forum for reflection and
discussion on some of the most pressing issues facing our society at the turn of the
twenty-first century: illicit drugs and transnational organized crime.
It will bring together distinguished dignitaries, senior government officials,
leading media personalities, experts in the field of drug control and organized crime, as
well as print and electronic media journalists from developing and emerging countries.
A preliminary programme is attached herewith for your reference.
First Lady
Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton
Attention:
Ms. Melanne Verveer
Assistant to the President
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
USA
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The symposium is, in part, a follow-up to the media forum held in June 1998
in New York, in conjunction with the United Nations General Assembly Special Session
on Drug Control where President Clinton delivered the opening address.
It would be a great privilege for us to have your presence at this important
event.
Please accept, Mrs. Clinton, my very best personal regards.
in All
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United Nations Symposium on
"Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime:
Stereotypes and Reality"
Venice, Fondazione Cini, "Sala degli Arazzi"
28 & 29 September 1999
Preliminary Programme
Tuesday, 28 September 1999
9:45 am
Arrival of Participants
10:00 am
Welcome remarks by: Prof. M. Cacciari, Mayor of Venice (confirmed)
10:10 am
Opening Statement:
10:45 am
Key Note Address
"Illicit Drugs and Organized Crime: Stereotypes and Reality"
Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director, ODCCP
11:15 am
Coffee Break
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11:40am
First Session: Participants will review and discuss "Global Trends on Illicit
Drugs: Supply, Trafficking and Demand"
Moderator: Riz Khan, CNN
or
Christiane Amanpour, CNN
Cutting Down on Illicit Drug Production: Three case studies
The Golden Triangle: Laos and Thailand
The Golden Crescent: Iran and Pakistan
The Andean Region: Perú and Bolivia
Panel Presentation: Michael Sheridan, The Sunday Times
Christopher Wren, The New York Times
Douglas Farah, The Washington Post
20 mins.
Robert Lessmann, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Michael von der Schulenburg, ODCCP
Discussion
30 mins.
12:30
Cutting the Supply Lines
10 mins.
Guest speaker: Mr. Jesus Blancornelas, Awarded UNESCO Prize
or
Paul Williams. Irish Journalist
Discussion
30 mins.
13:15 pm
Lunch:
Featured:
Gen. Barry McCaffrey
The US Experience
15:00 pm
Second Session: Participants will review and discuss the Role of the Media
in Communicating about Drugs.
Moderator: Lilli Gruber, RAI TV
Drugs, Drug Barons and Journalism: The Case of Colombia 10 mins.
Guest speaker: Gabriel Garcia Marquez (El Cambio)
or
Enrique Santos (El Tiempo)
Discussion
35 mins.
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Does an Audience Exist for "Serious" Programmes on Drugs" 10 mins.
Panel:
A. M. Rosenthal, The New York Times
Guy Talese, Writer
Prof. Zaccaria, RAI TV
Discussion
35 mins.
16:30 pm
Coffee Break
16:45 pm
Prevention and Treatment of Drug Abuse:
10 mins.
Role and problems in spreading message
Panel:
Ms. Letizia Moratti
Mr. Gautam Babbar
Discussion
30 mins.
17:30 pm
Round Table Among Participants
18:45 pm
End of First Day
20:30 pm
Dinner hosted by the City of Venice
Guest Speaker: Eric Clapton
or
Michael Douglas
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10:00 am
Third Session: Participants will discuss the Growing Threat Posed by
Transnational Organized Crime and the UN Response
Moderator: E. J. Dionne, The Washington Post
10:00 am
Emerging Issues:
The New Frontiers of Transnational Organized Crime
10 mins.
Guest speaker: Mr. Louis Freeh, Director, FBI
10:20 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am
Panel on the subject "Transnational Crime and the Media"
To be followed by general discussion
Proposed panelists:
Chief Editor of El Pais
Chief Editor of Le Monde
Chief Editor of The New York Times
Director General of Corriere della Sera
12:30 pm
The Convention; Towards the Palermo Conference
10 mins.
Guest Speaker: The Minister of Justice of Argentina
Discussion
35 mins.
13:15 pm
Lunch:
Corruption: As a Major Obstacle to Development
Featured Speakers: Mr. Enrique Iglesias, President IDB
Mr. James D. Wolfensohn, President, The World
Bank
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Fourth Session: Attacking the Profits of Crime:
10 mins.
Drugs, Money and Laundering
Moderator: Professor Guido Rossi
Emerging Global Issues on Money Laundering
10 mins.
Guest Speaker: Bill Allen, Minister of Finance, Bahamas
16:15 pm
Multi-lateral Initiative on Secrecy Laws
10 mins.
Guest Speaker: Ron Ranochak
Discussion
35 mins.
17:00 pm
Coffee Break
17:15 pm
Round Table Among Participants
18:15 pm
Closing Remarks by: Pino Arlacchi
For additional information please contact:
Sandro Tucci
Tel.
431 26060 5629
Spokesman
Fax
431 26060 5875
E-mail
[email protected]
or
Valentina Vidali
Tel.
431 26060 4108
External Relations
Fax
431 26060 5931
Officer
E-mail
[email protected].